PBJCEOC accepting nominations for 2013 board member openings

PBJCEOC, with central offices in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was chartered as a private, non-profit agency on September 5, 1965 by the Arkansas Secretary of State as a Community Action Agency.

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Stuttgart Daily Leader - Stuttgart, AR

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Posted May. 24, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Updated May 24, 2013 at 9:30 AM

Posted May 24, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Updated May 24, 2013 at 9:30 AM

PINE BLUFF

Pine Bluff Jefferson County Economic Opportunities Commission, Inc. (PBJCEOC) is accepting applications for Lincoln and Arkansas County representatives of persons with low income. Each member of the board is selected to represent a specific county within the service area and must have proof of residency in the county he/she represents. Candidate packets can be requested by emailing the Executive Director David Knight atdknight@pbjceoc.org or by calling (870) 536-0046 Extension 121. All applications must be received no later than May 24. PBJCEOC will hold elections of all available candidates on May 29.

PBJCEOC, with central offices in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was chartered as a private, non-profit agency on September 5, 1965 by the Arkansas Secretary of State as a Community Action Agency. The number of directors of PBJCEOC is 15 and representatives of persons with low income comprise at least one-third of the board, representatives of local elected officials are additional 1/3 of the board and representatives of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education, and other major groups or interest in the service area comprise the remainder of the board.

Specifically, the Board of Directors are asked to oversee the following: to hire, fire, and evaluate the performance of the executive director; to plan and to determine major personnel, organization, physical and program policies; to plan and determining overall program goals and priorities including provisions for evaluating programs against performance; to make final approval of all programs, proposals and budgets; to enforce compliance with all contracting, grant requirements; to oversee the extent of quality of performance of the poor in the programs; to determine rules and procedures for the governing board; to select the officers and members of the executive committee and any other committees of the board and to provide support to PBJCEOC executive director in development of action and services for persons of low income.